The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we're not relativists if we believe that the human being should be at the centre of society and the rights of every human being should be respected.
Cultural variety is always worth striving for, but must never precede the declaration of human rights.
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
The idea of multiculturalism, that every culture is equal - that's not objectively true.
Preservation of one's own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.
To be counter to the culture, you are by definition willfully and actively ignoring the culture, i.e., reality.
I am appalled by the notion of cultural wars.
When somebody goes outside the cultural norms, the culture has to protect itself.
The respect for human rights is nowadays not so much a matter of having international standards, but rather questions of compliance with those standards.
Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.